BB day 56 Friday

Now that Aaryn is reaching the upper levels of historical BB comp. wins, the blogs and forums are wallowing in opinions, speculations, insults, etc. She is either an unrepentant racist, narcissistic, cute, funny, sneaky, unreliable, a savvy game player, going all the way, getting evicted next week, etc., depending on who you read.... 



'Big Brother 15' By-the-Numbers: Aaryn Joins Elite Company with 4th HoH Win
Thursday, August 15, 2013

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV
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Hate her or REALLY hate her, there's no denying that Big Brother 15 houseguest has become one of the most dominant competitive forces in the history of the game.

On Thursday, Aaryn won her fourth HoH competition, only having lost twice (the popsicle endurance HoH in week 1 and predicting who America voted for the royal court in week 4). That's an amazing run as only a handful of former HGs have ever won four HoH competitions in a single season. No one has ever won five, so theoretically, Aaryn could become the undisputed HoH Queen if she keeps up the momentum.

Since I love the statistical history of Big Brother, here are some interesting stats about Aaryn's very impressive competitive streak.

-Aaryn has won as many HoH competitions as everyone else left in the Big Brother 15 house combined.

-Aaryn is only the sixth person in the history of Big Brother to win four HoHs in a single season. She's also done it faster than anyone else as it took her nine competitions (she's only played in six), while Janelle Pierzina won her fourth HoH on All-Stars in the 10th competition.

-In addition, the other four people who have won four HoHs all did so by winning the final HoH against just two other players. They were season 14 winner Ian Terry, season 13 winner Rachel Reilly, season 12 winner Hayden Moss and season 5 winner Drew Daniel.

-Aaryn is one of only 12 HGs who have won five competitions or more in a single season.

Here are some handy lists to compare Aaryn's feats. Keep in mind she could still move up on the lists if she continues to win.

Most HoH Wins in a Single Season

4 Wins: Season 15's Aaryn Gries (in nine competitions, played in six)

4 Wins: Season 7's Janelle Pierzina (in 10 competitions, played in 7)

4 Wins: Season 12's Hayden Moss (in 11 competitions, played in nine)

4 Wins: Season 13's Rachel Reilly (in 12 competitions, played in nine)

4 Wins: Season 5's Drew Daniel (in 12 competitions, played in 10)

4 Wins: Season 14's Ian Terry (in 13 competitions, played in 10)

3 HoH Wins:
Season 14's Frank Eudy
Season 10s Dan Gheesling
Season 9's Ryan Quicksall
Season 8's Evel Dick Donato
Season 7's Mike "Boogie" Malin
Season 5's Jennifer "Nakomis" Dedmon
Season 2's Hardy Ames-Hill

Most Competition Wins in a Single Season

9 Wins:
Season 7's Janelle Pierzina (4 HoHs, 5 PoVs)

7 Wins:
Season 8's Daniele Donato (2 HoHs, 5 PoVs)

6 Wins:
Season 14's Ian Terry (4 HoHs, 2 PoVs)
Season 14's Frank Eudy (3 HoHs, 3 PoVs)
Season 14's Shane Meaney (2 HoHs, 4 PoVs)
Season 13's Rachel Reilly (4 HoHs, 2 PoVs)

5 Wins:
Season 15's Aaryn Gries (4 HoHs, 1 PoV)
Season 12's Hayden Moss (4 HoHS, 1 PoV)
Season 10's Dan Gheesling (3 HoHs, 2 PoVs)
Season 9's Ryan Quicksall (3 HoHs, 2 PoVs)
Season 9's Crazy James Zinkand (2 HoHs, 3 PoVs)
Season 5's Drew Daniel (4 HoHs, 1 PoVs)

4 Wins:
Season 14's Danielle Murphree (2 HoHs, 2 PoVs)
Season 12's Britney Haynes (1 HoH, 3 PoVs)
Season 12's Brendon Villegas (1 HoH, 3 PoVs)
Season 11's Michele Noonan (1 HoH, 3 PoVs)
Season 10's Jerry MacDonald (2 HoHs, 2 PoVs)
Season 8's Evil Dick Donato (3 HoHs, 1 PoV)
Season 7's Mike "Boogie" Malin (3 HoHs, 1 PoV)
Season 6's Janelle Pierzina (2 HoHs, 2 PoVs)
Season 6's James Rhine (4 PoVs)
Season 5's Jennifer "Nakomis" Dedmon (3 HoHs, 1 PoV)
Season 4's Alison Irwin (2 HoHs, 2 PoVs)


***One of Janelle's HoH wins in season 7 was shared with Jase Wirey. One of Ian's PoV wins was the Veto Ball from the crane game, a competition unleashed by Pandora's Box. One of Rachel's PoV wins was as a couple with Brendon. One of Crazy James' HoH wins was as a couple with Chelsia Hart.




A Brief History of 'Big Brother' HGs Coming Back Into the Game
Friday, August 16, 2013

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV

Julie Chen announced a big twist in store for Big Brother 15. On the next live eviction episode, one of the first four members of the jury will get to re-enter the game as a player.

It's unclear exactly how the twist will work, but she explained that Candice, Judd, Jessie and whichever HG is evicted this week will compete to come back into the game as a player. However, this is not unprecedented.

There have been four instances of an HG coming back into the game for a second chance at winning Big Brother. Every time has been different. Sometimes America voted, sometimes the remaining HGs got to vote, and other times it involved some type of competition.

None of the returning HGs have ever won the game, or even made it into the Final 3, and two of them were immediately evicted the week after coming back. In three of the instances, the first HoH back was an endurance competition, with the returning HG winning it twice.

Here's a look back at the four previous times Big Brother brought an evicted HG back into the game.

Big Brother 3: Amy Crews

Amy, the snobby Tennessee real estate appraiser, was the third HG evicted during the show's third season. After week 5, the first four evicted HGs were given a chance to re-enter the game. They were each asked how much of the $500,000 grand prize they would give up and how many days they would agree to be on peanut butter and jelly. Amy and Eric both agreed to give up half the money and spend the rest of the season on PB&J, though they didn't actually have to do either.

The house was then allowed to vote for which of them should return, and by a vote of 5-2, Amy won and returned to the game as a player. She won the very next endurance HoH, but was then nominated four weeks in a row before getting evicted in fourth place.

Big Brother 6: Kaysar Ridha

In season 6, Kaysar was evicted in week 4, but then America got to vote to bring one of three evicted HGs back into the game. They chose Kaysar with a huge 82 percent of the vote. He came back in and competed in a grueling endurance HoH competition that lasted 14 hours until he agreed to quit once Jennifer offered to keep him safe and backdoor James. Instead, Jennifer backdoored Kaysar and he was evicted by a unanimous vote.

Big Brother 9: Crazy James Zinkand

In season 9, Crazy James was evicted in week 4, but he was not out of the game for long. That same night the remaining eight HGs got to vote to bring one person back. They could choose the person they just evicted, Crazy James, or a mystery HG, one of six previously evicted contestants who America voted for. America chose Alex, but the HGs chose to bring back James instead by a vote of 5-3.

James then won the next endurance HoH competition and the next three PoV competitions, but was eventually evicted by a unanimous vote in sixth place.

Big Brother 13: Brendon Villegas

In season 13, Brendon was evicted by HoH Daniele Donato during week 4. The next week, the evicted HG (Lawon) got to compete against one of the first four evicted HGs who America voted for. Brendon won the vote, beat Lawon, and got back into the game. However, Daniele won the next HoH and evicted Brendon again.


What does this mean for the HG coming back this season? Well, they probably won't win the game or last very long, but odds are good that we're in for an endurance HoH competition to see who wants it more, the current HGs or someone with something to prove.

Who would you like to see come back?
Candice
Judd
Jessie
This week's evicted HG